Kilikkoodu ~ Bird’s Nest Croquettes

There is never a dearth of snacks as far as Malabar is concerned. Give them a mystery box and they will come up with ideas that you would have never imagined in your life! I am not so creative, if you really ask me. HD taunts saying that I only know to cook from the book while my BFF (remember her fish thoran? Yum…) tells me that even getting delicious food after cooking from the book is a blessing. I love you dear, you always make me feel good… 😀

Kilikkoodu is nothing but croquettes coated with vermicelli, giving it an appearance of a bird’s nest. That is what the name of the snack means too! The filling is normally of cutlet, whichever way you like to make, the only difference is that instead of rolling them in bread crumbs, you roll them into a plate of crushed vermicelli (the thick one), press them slightly within your palm so that the vermicelli sticks to it and fry them till crisp. You just need to be careful of not burning the vermicelli coating. Normally, this snack is made with chicken, but I have used fish here. You can even make it with vegetables as long as you dip them in egg and coat them well with vermicelli! 🙂 Off to the recipe…

Hi Yeleena, dip the patty well in the egg and roll them in the vermicelli. Press it nicely on the patty so that it sticks. I did not deep fry them, you can do that as well. While shallow frying just make sure to roll it so that the vermicelli is cooked. The egg will cause the vermicelli to stick, so there is no concern as such. Hope this helps and you try it out soon…

I have tried the vegetarian version – invariably burnt it as well.
Probably I should try a different brand of vermicelli i got mine harder.Ria Raichu Samuel recently posted…Zaatar Manakish – Middle eastern flat bread